SWONAP Administrator
Update: Will Dawson is serving as the Acting Administrator
of Southwest ONAP until a permanent SWONAP Administrator is selected.
Will has served as the as the Grants Evaluation Division Director in
Eastern Woodlands ONAP since July 2016. Prior to joining ONAP, Will worked for
Community Planning and Development (CPD) in both headquarters and the field and
is a retired military veteran after 21 years of service in the US Army. Will
holds both a Master’s Degree in Public Administration and a Bachelor’s Degree
in Political Science from the University of Texas San Antonio. We express
gratitude to Cheryl Dixon Zuni for her work while serving as Acting SWONAP
Administrator during this time of transition, and welcome Will to his new role.

HUD’s Southwest Office of Native
American Programsis pleased to share the attached Information Bulletin highlighting Training Opportunities, Funding Announcements, and Tribal News throughout our southwest region. For additional program
information, HUD’s PIH Notices to Tribes and TDHEs are electronically posted to
the internet at https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/public_indian_housing/ih/regs/notices.

We hope you find this information helpful. Your feedback is always appreciated. If you know of any news, trainings, funding opportunities, or would like to share some success stories, please email me at Deborah.S.Broermann@hud.gov. If you have questions or need additional information from our office, please feel free to contact us at (602) 379-7200 or visit our website at www.hud.gov/codetalk.

About Kerretv Keetheeduh

Trainer at Native Learning Center. Former Native American Community Training at Seminole Tribe of Florida. Studied at Haskell Indian Nations University. Lives in Hollywood, Florida and From Hollywood, Florida.